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Fred Vail

1875 – 1954

American football, basketball, and baseball coach

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About Fred Vail

Lived 1875 – 1954 (aged 78). Fred Vail was an American basketball coach and coach.

Frederick Clifton Vail (July 31, 1875 – February 1, 1954) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—in 1903, at Gettysburg College from 1904 to 1906 and again from 1909 to 1911, and at Earlham College from 1907 to 1908, compiling a career college football record of 46–31–5. At Gettysburg, Vail was also the head basketball coach from 1908 to 1914 and the head baseball coach in 1910 and 1911.

Coaching career Vail was an assistant at Germantown Academy in Philadelphia and then the University of Pennsylvania under Carl S. Williams.

Vail was the 14th head football coach at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, serving for one season, in 1903, and compiling a record of 6–3–1.

Family and death Vail was a younger brother of athlete and football coach Louis "Bucky" Vail.

Fred Vail died on February 1, 1954, in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Also known as
Frederick C. Vail, Frederick Clifton Vail

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Fred Vail's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Fred Vail?

American football, basketball, and baseball coach

When was Fred Vail born?

Fred Vail was born on 31 July 1875 in Pennsylvania.

When did Fred Vail die?

Fred Vail died on 1 February 1954 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

What was Fred Vail's occupation?

Fred Vail was a basketball coach and coach.

What nationality was Fred Vail?

Fred Vail was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Fred Vail

· Wikidata: Q5496451

· DBpedia: Fred Vail

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